Through three months of writing, editing and publishing a newspaper this semester, we've learned a lot about the kind of news on this campus. We've covered the ups and downs of Penn's academic scene. We've sent our reporters down to City Hall. We've even ventured to learn about what's going on at other universities. And you know what those three months have taught us? Nothing -- that's right, nothing -- is going on at Penn. Last year we had a nine-day College Hall sit-in. The year before, a massive alcohol-related demonstration that split this campus apart. And in between, lots of shootings, accidents and all sorts of other things to keep us occupied. This year? Jack shit. Not one violent crime to speak of. Not one professor fired in a wild shouting spectacle out on the Walk. Our predecessors had chaos. We got the White Paper. Past generations of editors got to write about administrative screwups; we got to write about John DiIulio. So here's our recommendation, to a campus that has been behaving just too well lately: Go cause trouble. Leave your dorm rooms, close the books and get out into the shit. Knock off a convenience store. Cheat on a test. Hell, we don't care if you just slip a few unauthorized "borrowings" past the security guard at Van Pelt. Just give us something to write about. Have you noticed lately that the kids up there at Brown -- Brown! For God's sakes! -- have been getting more press than us? Do you know what kind of school that is? Do you know what kind of newspaper they have? For the sake of this newspaper -- for the sake of our pride, as well as that of the University -- just go out there and do something crazy. Cause trouble. Win a Nobel Prize. Whatever. Just do something. We'll be waiting.
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